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Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

The Just So Stories for Little Children, first published in 1902, were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are a collection of fantastic stories, typically about how various animals came to be the way they are today. (Summary by Reynard with help from Wikipedia)

• Gutenberg e-text #2781
• Wikipedia - Rudyard Kipling
• Wikipedia - Just So Stories
• LibriVox’s Just So Stories Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book (102.3MB)
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 3:33:01
Read by Reynard

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 - How the Whale Got His Throat - 00:07:53
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.8MB]
• 02 - How the Camel Got His Hump - 00:08:53
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.4MB]
• 03 - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin - 00:07:13
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 6.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.6MB]
• 04 - How the Leopard Got His Spots - 00:16:35
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.1MB]
• 05 - The Elephant’s Child - 00:16:38
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.6MB]
  With special guest reader: Reynard’s Dad

• 06 - The Sing Song of Old Man Kangaroo - 00:10:05
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 9.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.0MB]
• 07 - The Beginning of the Armadillos - 00:19:31
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 18.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.8MB]
• 08 - How The First Letter was Written - 00:24:10
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 23.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12.0MB]
• 09 - How The Alphabet Was Made - 00:23:51
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 22.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 11.7MB]
• 10 - The Crab That Played With The Sea - 00:26:04
  [mp3@64kbps - 12.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 25.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12.7MB]
• 11 - The Cat That Walked By Himself - 00:27:45
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 26.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 13.8MB]
• 12 - The Butterfly That Stamped - 00:24:23
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 23.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12.2MB]

Cataloged on December 21, 2006